Opinion

“There are more things in heaven and on earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio.” Shakespeare’s Hamlet uttered these dramatic words cr...

The Irish Echo was born in Manhattan, Harlem to be precise. In all our 96 years and counting we have been based on the island that has given so muc...

THE weekend Sinn Féin Ard Fheis was full of enthusiasm and passion with great speeches covering every issue imaginable and the delegates voting thr...

I grew up on the banks of the Slaney River, right where it flows into Wexford Harbor on its way to the Irish Sea. There was water everywhere, lappi...

More often than not we get a fair few days warning about tropical storms and hurricanes as they form off the west coast of Africa and move eastward...

THE battle to save the iconic 1916 Moore Street battlefield site has been ongoing for over 20 years. During that time there has been a series of pl...

I spoke this week to a friend in my hometown, Kenmare, in County Kerry, about a recently ordained priest assigned to the local parish. Today, this ...

It's the week of the opening of the General Assembly in New York and midtown Manhattan is in its usual state of General Assembly chaos with street ...

BRITISH government policy toward Ireland has long been dictated by Britain’s strategic self-interests. From the conquest of Ireland nine centuries ...

Caption with Paul: Caption with WB: Caption with Cash jpg: I’m often asked, “How do you write a song?” If you were to ask how to write a play or a ...

Oh well, sometimes you have to take the lumps and the bruises. The Irish government is contemplating legal bumps and bruises after the Court of Jus...

THERE has been a significant increase in recent times in far right racist, Islamophobic and hate attacks on social media. The purpose of these has ...